Saddle for velocipedes.



F. H. WILSON.

SADDLE FOR VELOUIPEDES.

APPLIGATIUN FILED SEPT-5.1908.

Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

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FRANCIS HARRY WILSON, OF EARLEY, ENGLAND.

SADDLE FOR VELOCIPEDES Application filed September 5, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it mown-that I, FimNois HARRY WIL- SON, residing at Fairligit, Elm Road, Earley, in the county of Berks, England, have Specification of Letters Fatent.

i i l l invented new and useful improvements in l Saddles ior Veloerpedes, of Whieh the follow- I the inner surface of the saddle and or the like being left unproteeted during inclement weather the seating suri'aee saddle may be adequately protester wet, the employment of the usuan tionable saddle cover heinoof the I Patented April 13, 1909.

Serial No. @51382.

bolt g is screwed back so that the disk 9 may clear the frame extremity c the said disk may enter the recess 6 to afford a perfect clearance of tl e extremity 0 when th saddle is turned back into position indicated in dotted lines (Fig. i) so that wet may fall upon keep the eating surface perietty dry and it i preerre l that the inner surface of the saddle h uitably dressed to prevent any possithe wet penetrating the leather.

L is obvious that this invention is applisable to all types of saddles while the method ifasi 'ng the peak of the saddle to prevent rising he varied considerably without d parting from the Hit of the invention.

To this end, t 1e addle is convenientlyhir d rlt I now part lar f described my ini k tl ereol so that it may he turn yention what I claim as new and desire to seto present its inner surfer-e upward, and in Cure by Letters latent is order that this invention may he fully underi. The combination, with a supporting stood, it will now he dess l ed with rel :n-oe fin-i116, of a saddle normally arranged over to the acoompaiyi g drawings in which j the saieframe, a spring secured to one end of ele ation of saddle con- 1 stru-eter in dotted lines part of the saddle in the position assumed for proteetion against et, and 5 The part c of thereto by a nut a". frame of the saddle carries the usual sad pillar clamp and normally the forward. extremity of the part c of the frame is borne upon by the nut e and in order that the peak of the saddle mey be prevented from aeoidentally rising, a dish g earried by the bolt g passing through the plate a and furnished with a thumb screw ears beneath the extremity c of the frame 0 and retains the part c and the nut e in close contact and it is preferred that the plate e be countersunk as at e in order that when the l said spring to the rear l l 2 l l 1 the saddle and hinged to one end of the frame and perrrnting the saddle to he inverted, a spring see-tired to the other end of the saddle and normally resting on the frame, and a loeking-deviee which normally the the frame.

2. The combination, with a supporting frame, of a saddle having one end pivotally connected with one end oi the frame so that it ran be inve ted, a spring secured to the other end of the saddle and normally resting on the frame, a plate seeured to the said spring and pr eeting below the frame, and a looking-bolt carried by the said plate and engaging with the end portion of the frame and normally preventing the saddle from being inverted.

In testimony whereof I aliin my signature in presenee of two Witnesses.

FRANCIS HARRY WlL-SON. Witnesses GODFREY B. SHEPHERD, ERNEST A. NASH. 

